Boys and Girls Lacrosse: Mega movement in Shore Conference Rankings for April 23

Every once in a while, Sherlon Christie, the APP's long time boys and girls lacrosse reporter, will give some news and notes from the lacrosse beat. Here is some of this week's inside information.
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Manasquan’s Canyon Birch dives in towards the goal against Bridgewater-Raritan’s Bobby Russo for one of several first half goals he scored.
Manasquan Boys Lacrosse vs Bridgewater Raritan in Sea Girt, NJ on April 11, 2018.
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Manasquan’s Ryan Anderson looks at the loose ball after a collision with a Bridgewater-Raritan player during first half action.
Manasquan Boys Lacrosse vs Bridgewater Raritan in Sea Girt, NJ on April 11, 2018.
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The controversy in this week’s boys rankings came in the bottom two spots.

By virtue of its loss to a 4-5 Red Bank Catholic team, former No. 9 Ocean was removed from the top 10 in favor of Shore Regional, the top 10’s newly-minted No. 10 team which has won seven of their last eight games.

Holmdel, which gave Rumson-Fair Haven a huge scare last week, moved up one spot to accommodate Shore coming into the rakings.

The No. 4 ranked Patriots outlasted the No. 3 ranked Rams, 6-5, in OT on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at Freehold Township High School
Sherlon Christie

If a team wants to be ranked high in the top 10, that squad needs to schedule tough opponents and win those games.

That’s what Toms River South did last week and it sent shockwaves throughout the Shore Conference. The Indians were missing a signature win on their season resume and with a 13-7 win over Freehold Township on April 17. That win took the Indians from the No. 10 spot to the No. 5 spot this week.

Subsequently, the Patriots tumbled from the No. 4 spot last week to the No. 8 spot this week as a result of that loss and losing a common opponent tiebreaker with No. 6 Ocean and No. 7 Red Bank.

Colts Neck, one of several undefeated teams in the Shore Conference, moved up one spot to the No. 5 ranking and No. 1 Rumson-Fair Haven, No. 2 Red Bank Catholic and No. 3 Manasquan remained in their spots for another week.

Shore Regional and Holmdel each dropped down one spot to their new positions of No. 9 and No. 10 for this week